Practical step towards Spirituality.

When we go through the sufferings, most of us try to seek solutions by getting inclined towards spirituality. For some it works just as a temporary relief & when they come out of their sufferings they forget the spirituality but to some people, turning towards spirituality is a life changing moment. Once they get into it no matter how better their circumstances become they remain there attached with spirituality.

I was spiritual since childhood, worshipping god, performing pooja, observing fast was a part of my life but then came a moment when I began to feel there exists no god. How can he do such things with me when I haven’t harmed anyone in my life? Then came a turning moment when I did surrender myself to lord Krishna. I told him, today I surrender myself to you, and therefore from today onwards you shall lead me to the right path. Initially it was quite difficult for me to concentrate on chanting, reading & understanding Gita. There came more sufferings but as I had taken a vow that no matter what I would complete this much rounds in a day. I remember a day when I wasn’t in a condition to chant, was crying since night.

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I felt a sort of anger towards Krishna, felt that I should stop chanting then I thought if I do worship god by putting a condition that I am worshiping him so he is under an obligation to take care of my happiness then its not worshiping it is selfishness. I decided to chant. There came more obstacles but I never did break my vow.

There came a time in my life when I felt a peace in my heart which I never ever felt before. I came across those answers which I was seeking from a long time. Before this phase of spirituality I would try to divert my mind from sufferings by indulging in meditation, making friends & talking to them , reading inspirational materials but nothing did last long. I remember very clearly how I would try to go for something additional besides worshiping Krishna - but he didn't let that happen. You never attain knowledge without bringing it into your practice.

Reading is the first step, understanding is the second but the most difficult step in spirituality is bringing that knowledge into practice. I have often seen many people who claim to possess knowledge but they themselves don’t practice it in their life. They preach to other people what they themselves don’t do .But I don’t wanna follow them. That’s why I decided to write about only those things which I have begun to follow.

I have understood that

* Spirituality is nothing but surrendering yourself to the most supreme form of universe by giving up your false ego.

* Religion is nothing but a medium of conveyance of reaching to god.

* Faith is nothing but a deep unconditional belief in god.

First of all most of the people choose a spiritual path thinking that they will get rid of their sufferings which is a misconception. Initially I myself did surrender to Krishna thinking that my sufferings will end but this is not correct .We must choose a path to reach to god to -

* Let god know that we have understood that he is the ultimate truth in this world, everything else is illusion.

* To make god believe that our love towards him is unconditional & we choose to worship him no matter irrespective of what life has to offer us

* To attain salvation

These 3 are the thoughts with which one can begin one’s steps towards god then stages like unconditional love will follow by its own. You will reach a step when your love for god will surpass any desire including the highest desire of attaining salvation. To serve god, to love god is basically the highest objective to connect with god. If this is achieved by us then everything else will automatically be taken care by god.